# Pindrop

> Pindrop is an Atlanta cybersecurity company that sells enterprise software for detecting phone fraud, authenticating callers and spotting synthetic audio and video. Its Real Human + Right Human platform combines voice biometrics, device and network signals, behavioral analysis, liveness detection and location intelligence, serving contact centers and high-stakes virtual meetings in banking, insurance, healthcare, retail and government.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** Vijay A. Balasubramaniyan (CEO and Co-Founder), Paul Judge (Executive Chairman and Co-Founder), Mustaque Ahamad (Chief Scientist and Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 370 employees in the supplied company data; LinkedIn lists a 201-500 employee range.
- **Products:** Pindrop Protect, Pindrop Passport, Pindrop Pulse, Pulse Inspect, Pindrop Pulse for Meetings
- **Notable:** Recognized by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2025 for Pulse for Meetings., Winner of the FTC Voice Cloning Challenge., Reported more than 300 patents across audio, biometrics, deepfake detection and identity authentication.

## Products & services

- **Pindrop Protect** — Near-real-time contact-center fraud detection that combines device, carrier, behavior, voice and account signals to score inbound calls and surface suspicious activity.
- **Pindrop Passport** — Passive multifactor authentication for contact centers, designed to recognize genuine callers with less reliance on knowledge questions and one-time passwords.
- **Pindrop Pulse** — AI-powered synthetic-audio detection for contact centers, integrated with Protect and Passport and designed to identify deepfake speech within seconds.
- **Pulse Inspect** — A deepfake analysis tool for uploaded audio that supports investigations, media verification and misinformation analysis.
- **Pindrop Pulse for Meetings** — Continuous audio and video deepfake detection, passive voice authentication and location intelligence for Zoom, Webex and Microsoft Teams meetings.

## Achievements

- Recognized by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2025 for Pulse for Meetings.
- Winner of the FTC Voice Cloning Challenge.
- Reported more than 300 patents across audio, biometrics, deepfake detection and identity authentication.
- Analyzed its five-billionth inbound customer call by 2024.
- Named Five9 ISV Partner of the Year in 2024 and again in 2025.
- Pindrop says its products helped customers avoid $283 million in fraud losses in 2025.
- Pulse signed 16 customers within roughly six months of its February 2024 launch.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Pindrop announced that its real-time fraud intelligence was available through FICO Marketplace.
- **2025-11** — Pulse for Meetings reached general availability on Zoom, Webex and Microsoft Teams after being named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.
- **2025-09** — The Pindrop Pulse app became generally available in the Zoom App Marketplace.
- **2025-04** — Pindrop announced the beta of Pulse for Meetings, extending detection from contact-center audio into live audio and video.
- **2025-02** — Pindrop won Five9 ISV Partner of the Year for a second consecutive year.
- **2024-08** — Pindrop launched Pulse Inspect for deepfake and misinformation analysis.
- **2024-07** — Pindrop secured $100 million in debt financing from Hercules Capital for product development and hiring.
- **2024-02** — Pindrop launched Pulse for contact centers as synthetic-audio attacks accelerated.

## Links

- Website: https://pindrop.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pindrop
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pindrop
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PindropSec/

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Last updated: 2026-08-22